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TARA BINNS DOUBLE-QUICK DOCTOR

Emergency! When a girl collapses in the hospital waiting room it’s a heart-stopping moment for Tara Binns, who finds she is the new doctor in charge …

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An adventure story

Lisa Rajan

Alessia Trunfio 18/10/2018 16:04

Tara Binns

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Written by Lisa Rajan Illustrated by Alessia Trunfio

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Chapter 1 Tara Binns was in the attic at the top of her house. She was looking for the old costume box. It was her favourite thing in the whole house.

There it was!

Tara pushed open the heavy lid. Her fingers tingled, as they always did when she opened the box.

Something special was about to happen.

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Inside the box were clothes, uniforms, shoes and hats ‌ an outfit for every job you could think of. Which one will the box choose for me today? she wondered, her eyes sparkling.

The tingling spread up her arms. Tara closed her eyes.

The attic was spinning away and she found herself tumbling through space and time.

She was going on another adventure!

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Chapter 2 When Tara opened her eyes, she was standing in an Accident and Emergency department in a hospital. It was very busy.

A nurse was putting a bandage around a girl’s knee and there was a boy with a bandage on his head.

Tara looked down at herself. She was wearing a white coat and blue cotton scrub trousers. She had a stethoscope around her neck. There was a watch clipped to her top pocket.

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“Hi, Doctor Binns,” said a girl dressed in exactly the same way. “I’m Ayesha, the doctor in charge. It’s going to be busy today – we’ve already got all kinds of accidents and emergencies!”

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“I’m a doctor!” said Tara. “But I don’t know how to cure illnesses or save lives. I wouldn’t know where to start!”

“Don’t worry,” smiled Ayesha. “Watch me! Doctors have years of training,” she told Tara. “But every patient is different, and you have to work out what to do each time.

So you Stop, Look and Listen.

“First you Stop and check a patient’s vital signs. Are they breathing? Is their heart beating too fast or too slow?”

She held two fingers inside Tara’s wrist to check her pulse.

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“Next, you Look for signs – a rash, bleeding, swelling – ” Ayesha checked Tara’s arms.

“Then you Listen to their symptoms. Are they in pain?

Feeling dizzy? Hot or cold?” She put her hand on Tara’s forehead.

“And then you put it all together – ” BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Ayesha’s bleep was going off.

“An ambulance!” she said. “Come on, Doctor Binns!”

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